Route Re-planning Using Enemy Lethality Projection
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Solution Overview
Problem
The comparison of enemy force movements to own force mission plans during military operations is time-consuming and computationally intensive, requiring efficient methods to monitor and adjust routes in real-time to avoid lethal encounters.
Innovation Solution
Generating enemy force movement predictions using a common operational picture database, performing multi-point survivability analyses, and re-planning routes based on threat movement capabilities, weapon range, and lethality to minimize lethal encounters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If continuous comparison of enemy force movements to own force mission plan is performed, then real-time route adjustment capability is improved, but computational intensity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system generates enemy force movement predictions in advance based on current position, velocity, and direction data. These predictions are created before the actual comparison with the mission plan, allowing the system to prepare threat assessment data ahead of time and reduce real-time computational burden when comparing against the mission plan.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces enemy force movement predictions as an intermediary element between raw enemy movement data and the mission plan comparison. This predictions layer filters and pre-processes the data, allowing the system to compare simplified predicted movements against the mission plan rather than processing all raw movement data continuously, thereby reducing computational intensity.
2Measurement precision
If continuous monitoring of enemy force movements is performed, then threat detection accuracy is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary threat assessment by generating movement predictions before actual threat evaluation. By pre-calculating potential threat paths based on current enemy position and velocity, the system can quickly compare against the mission plan without time-consuming real-time analysis of all enemy movements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a filtering mechanism that skips unnecessary detailed comparisons. By using predictions to pre-identify potential threats, the system can quickly review only the most critical movement scenarios rather than continuously analyzing all enemy force movements in detail, thus reducing time consumption while maintaining detection accuracy.
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AI summary
A method, system and computer readable media for route re-planning including generating enemy force movement predictions to be used during mission planning. During a mission, enemy force movements can be compared to the predictions. By using enemy force movement predictions for an initial comparison, the enemy force movements may only need to be compared to the own force mission plan if the enemy forces deviate from the predictions. When enemy force movement deviates from the predictions, new enemy force movement predictions can be generated. The new enemy force movement predictions can then be compared to the own force mission plan to determine if a route re-plan is needed. The route can be re-planned to determine a route that reduces or eliminates the chance of a lethal encounter with an enemy or threat.